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[JohnT]

This is a beta release of Media Center for Mac.  Please post bugs here.  Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion.  Non-bug posts will be deleted.

Download:
http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v18/latest/MediaCenter180215.dmg

18.0.215 (8/29/2013)

1. Fixed: 'Tools' main menu option was not honoring the current file selection (would show 'No files selected').
2. Fixed: Cmd-Q now quits the application.
3. Fixed: On OSX 10.6, the Help menu was not working.
4. Fixed: Close & minimize buttons were located incorrectly in mini-view mode.
5. Fixed: System volume was not properly controlling the volume on some USB connected DAC's (i.e. Dragonfly).

18.0.214 (8/27/2013)

1. NEW: Moved application menu to the normal 'Mac' location at the top of the screen.  Still some skinning and positioning work to be done.

18.0.213 (8/21/2013)

1. Fixed: Right clicking in playback display window and choosing "Tag" would cause a crash.
2. Fixed: Filepath() was not functioning properly with user-supplied paths (e.g. filepath(//Users/johnt//foo.mp3)).
3. Fixed: Cover art in Action Window could not be copied to/from the clipboard.
4. Fixed: The "Export playlist" option to use relative paths was not working.
5. Fixed: Apparent z-order problem with auto-import results dialog: it would be invisible and cause the app to look hung.

18.0.212 (8/19/2013)

1. Changed: Improved skin looks more "Mac like".
2. Changed: Sharper text font drawing.
3. Fixed: Custom column sorting window would show up empty.
4. Fixed: MC could fail to load ID3 tag data in AIFF and WAVE files.
5. Fixed: Importing of mp4 files that had a copyright atom could cause MC to crash.

18.0.211 (7/24/2013)

1. Fixed: Semi-colon in path names could cause import to not work.
2. NEW: Audio files can be played from Finder.
3. Changed: Updated Chinese language files (thanks kelijun).
4. Fixed: DLNA bug where SetNextAVTransportURI gets called at least once even when disabled.
5. Fixed: DLNA polling interval bug, reduce chatter.
6. Changed: DLNA handle bug from some renderers which mis-spell NOT_IMPLEMENTED!
7. Changed: Dutch language translation updated (thanks bennyd).

18.0.207 (7/3/2013)

1. Fixed: Mouse scroll wheel wasn't working on OSX 10.6 systems.
2. Fixed: On OSX 10.6 systems, it would appear to hang when trying to quit the program.
3. Fixed: Downloading files larger than 2GB could fail.
4. Changed: Tuned how the time remaining is reported in the Action Window during downloads (to work better with large downloads and to be more concise).
5. Fixed: Album and artist fields in "Podcast tag and file renaming rules" now work as expected.
6. Fixed: Ogg Vorbis now fills its compression field with "Ogg Vorbis".
7. Fixed: When converting some FLAC files to ogg, it will no longer tag as "ogv"

18.0.206 (6/28/2013)

1. Fixed: Bold and Italic modes chosen in font picking dialog did not get used.
2. Fixed: Font picking dialog did not initialize to the current font settings.
3. Fixed: Text was unreadable in disabled text edit fields.
4. Fixed: Once Cover View was selected, the top line of the display with the 'leave cover view' button was inaccessible so you couldn't exit cover view.

18.0.202 (6/24/2013)

1. Fixed: Some ALAC files (e.g. those produced by 'Sound Studio 3') were not playable because of a strange looking 'alac' mp4 atom.  We now ignore the strange data.
2. Fixed: Media Center was not honoring the typeface chosen in the font picking dialog.

18.0.201 (6/21/2013)

1. Fixed: Trackpad scrolling did not support the fine scrolling mode, so it was difficult to scroll to a particular item in a list.
2. Fixed: Web page titles on tabs were showing extraneous text.
3. NEW: Support for choosing text fonts using the Options dialog 'Select font...' item under Tree & View.
4. Fixed: Tag saving to APE files was not working (Mac only).
5. Changed: Switched the default audio buffering method to 'Hardware default' to work better with devices that don't properly support hardware buffer size changes (configurable in Options > Audio > Output mode settings...).
6. Fixed: Typing into the Search box could cause crashes when a MC Windows library had been transferred to Mac and it contained long field values (e.g. Lyrics field).
7. Changed: When a file has no Replay Gain, a Replay Gain of -10dB will be used if no other files in Playing Now are analyzed (otherwise the average of analyzed files is used).

18.0.197 (6/14/2013)

1. Fixed: Options dialog could a crash if volume mode was set to disabled.
2. Fixed: Periodic freeze-ups in the DLNA servers (build 196 only).

18.0.196 (6/13/2013)

1. Fixed: SSDP server would die after a varying period of time.

18.0.195 (6/11/2013)

1. Fixed: Library server syncing was not working from a Windows client to a Mac server.
2. NEW: Added support for OGG input format.
3. Changed: Car Radio automatically cleans up duplicate static playlists that used the same index.
4. Changed: SSDP advertisement could hard kill the advertiser in some cases, leaving sockets and/or the internet layer in an undefined state.
5. Fixed: Small icons could draw too large in a details list in some cases.
6. Changed: Basic HTML text formatting tokens like < b >, < font >, < u >, etc. will be supported in almost all text drawing (previously they only worked in some areas of the program).
7. Changed: Updated Chinese language files (thanks kelijun).
8. Changed: When switching tracks that require a hardware stop / start like on a sample rate change, the startup silence option will be honored (silence will be maximum of between track gap and startup silence gap).
9. Fixed: Temp files created for .wvc files are now renamed to their final name when done when encoding Wavpack.
10. Fixed: Empty temp files are no longer created when encoding lossless Wavpack.  
11. Changed: Wavpack files now display compression information.  
12. Changed: When acting as a DLNA renderer, Media Center will use "error free" mode so that playback errors won't cause message boxes to display (since the controller is normally in a different place).

18.0.194 (6/4/2013)

1. Fixed: Media Center could become unresponsive to mouse clicks following showing of a pop-up error dialog. Mostly a problem on OSX 10.8.
2. Changed: Fullscreen modes are not always-on-top (please report any focus or z-ordering issues).

18.0.193 (5/31/2013)

1. Fixed: Audio playback was not working correctly in build 192.

18.0.192 (5/30/2013)

1. Fixed: Media Center would appear frozen in certain cases where a pop-up dialog was showing underneath the app and MC would be unresponsive.
2. Fixed: FLAC reference code would crash when encoding when an estimated total size was provided to the encoder, the 'verify' option was enabled, and encoding duration exceeded the estimated duration.
3. Changed: Updated Chinese language file (thanks kelijun).
4. Fixed: Stopping or switching tracks during Library Server client playback could lead to a crash.
5. Changed: When overwriting a Car Radio preset, the preset will default to using the same name.

18.0.191 (5/24/2013)

1. Fixed: Webview reload button didn't work and could cause crashes.
2. Fixed: Some local default web pages were missing.
3. Changed: Added more debug logging to try to determine cause of intermittent SSDP failures.

18.0.190 (5/23/2013)

1. Changed: Enhanced WebView to support intercepting link clicks for webradio playback.
2. Fixed: WebView would not get keyboard focus so you couldn't type into web forms.
3. Changed: Added the ability to select the output bitdepth when using Kernel Streaming (Options > Audio > Output mode settings...).
4. Changed: Updated Polish translation (thanks Janusz Grzybek).
5. Changed: Radio buttons will use multiple lines for their text when necessary instead of truncating the text (helps with large font sizes).
6. Changed: Updated the French language translation (thanks rlebrette).
7. Fixed: If a connection to a Library Server was sporadic, it could lead to cases where a link to external cover art could be lost.
8. Fixed: Mono ALAC files were not being parsed or played correctly.
9. Fixed: In some cases, 5.1 input was not working with the FLAC encoder.
10. Fixed: When using 'Gapped' playback mode, the gap would not be honored when switching hardware output formats (normally sample rate).
11. Fixed: The playback position could be incorrect when using a gapped playback mode.
12. Changed: When converting a file with a bitdepth greater than 24, the engine will convert to 24-bit (with dither) to feed the encoder (since few encoders support more than 24-bit files).
13. NEW: DSP Studio can be enabled during audio conversion (Library Tools > Convert Format), allowing resampling, channel mixing, convolution, etc.
14. Fixed: A rare crash when parsing certain MP4 audio files.

18.0.187 (5/17/2013)

1. Fixed: Importing or playing APE format files in OSX 10.6 would crash.
2. NEW:  Internal web browser support.  We still need to implement catching links so we can (for example) make web radio playback easier.
3. Changed: Audio Path will better show when a padded bitdepth (like 24-bit inside a 32-bit container) is in use.
4. Fixed: The phrase "JRSS Subwoofer (x Hz lowpass)" in Output Format configuration could not be translated.
5. Fixed: In some cases, 5.1 input was not working with the FLAC encoder.
6. Fixed: When using 'Gapped' playback mode, the gap would not be honored when switching hardware output formats (normally sample rate).
7. Fixed: The playback position could be incorrect when using a gapped playback mode.

18.0.182 (5/14/2013)

1. Fixed: Tagging in the action window could crash.

18.0.181 (5/10/2013)

1. Fixed: Some m4a and alac files would not import or play because of a mismatched sample count in the mp4 STTS header.  We now ignore this error since it shouldn't impact playback performance.
2. Fixed: Radio streams would 'click' every few seconds because metadata was not getting parsed out of the stream.

18.0.180 (5/8/2013)

1. Fixed: Tooltips were not showing properly in the last few builds.
2. Fixed: Clicking away from an in-place list edit control would not reliably stop the editing.
3. Fixed: DoP bitstreaming of DSD was not working with some devices.
4. Fixed: Hardware with complex buffer arrangement could crash when playing to only some of the channels.
5. Changed: Updated German language file (thanks Bytestar).
6. Changed: Updated Polish translation (thanks Janusz Grzybek).
7. Changed: Czech language translation updated (thanks Johnny B).

[Magic_Randy]

OS X 10.8.4
MacBook Pro

Not getting any audio thru the inbuilt speakers with this version. Headphones work OK.

[johnjen]

I was just playing audio streams via usb with no problems.

I fire up MC, select an album, begin playing, switch the PWD to network mode, and

nothing.

The PWD has locked up.
So I restart the DAC.

Then I start playing the album all over again.

Then the MC window disappears.  I bring it back and then check the playlist in the network player and only the first track shows up.

So I stop playing and then reselect the same album and start playing over again.

JJ

[adamt]

OS X 10.8.4
MacBook Pro

Not getting any audio thru the inbuilt speakers with this version. Headphones work OK.

That's interesting... Perhaps try changing it to "non-exclusive" mode?  [Tools > Options > Audio > Audio Output > Output Mode Settings] and uncheck "Open device with exclusive access"
Just a guess.  We'll try to reproduce the problem. 

[gellie]

How can I tell what version I have downloaded?  I tried to download the 18.0 215' and my Mac says I already have JRiver 18.0 media center downloaded, do I want to replace this file.

[Magic_Randy]

That's interesting... Perhaps try changing it to "non-exclusive" mode?  [Tools > Options > Audio > Audio Output > Output Mode Settings] and uncheck "Open device with exclusive access"
Just a guess.  We'll try to reproduce the problem. 

I'll try it, but I won't be able to until next week as I left my Mac at work.

[JimH]

How can I tell what version I have downloaded?  I tried to download the 18.0 215' and my Mac says I already have JRiver 18.0 media center downloaded, do I want to replace this file.

Help/About

[jlyness]

Switching between Now Playing and Audio in the left sidebar (in either direction) while playing a track now often produces a brief stutter or pause in the playback. Don't recall ever hearing this before, may have started in .14 but definitely now on .15.

[gellie]

Help/About

Thanks . 2 more questions. First JRiver imported two libraries. iTunes and HDtracks. when i select the album to play i see both and it plays duplicates. how can i either eliminate HD tracks(since i already have it imported into iTunes) or prevent JRiver from playing duplicates?
2) is there a app for my iPhone/ipad to control media center? Thanks

[JimH]

Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion.  This thread is for bug reports.
Set up autoimport options under Tools/Import.
Google JRemote.

[1spammagnet@gmail.com]

Scroll bars freeze up, occasional pops and ticks and JRemote has trouble seeing the server (started happening on 18.0.214). I have reverted back to 18.0.211 and all is well.

MacMini 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5, 16 GB RAM, OS X 10.8.2

[Wanttoknow]

Hi
I download the Mac version 18.0.215 Beta -- from the link below and installed.

Download:
http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v18/latest/MediaCenter180215.dmg

Very strange it kicks me out in 10 second after I open it.
Please  advise how could I try its trial version before I decide to buy

thanks a lot.

[jtwrace]

Hi
I download the Mac version 18.0.215 Beta -- from the link below and installed.

Download:
http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v18/latest/MediaCenter180215.dmg

Very strange it kicks me out in 10 second after I open it.
Please  advise how could I try its trial version before I decide to buy

thanks a lot.

This is after you have downloaded it and did drag the icon to the desktop.  Then have clicked on it and it created the "Media Center 18" icon....and clicked to open the program? 

[johnjen]

Start playing an album.

1st track plays fine, then the 2nd track starts and plays ≈1 second then stops playing even though the progress display continues.
The DAC hasn't locked up.

So I stop playing the album and restart it and it again plays fine.

Go figure.

EDIT:  But wait there's more…
7 tracks into the very same album and MC is now doing the 5 sec. happy dance.
Which means in order to 'clear' this error I'll have to re-start the Mac and the router, and since its late, I guess it's time to stop listening for the night.

JJ

[Magic_Randy]

That's interesting... Perhaps try changing it to "non-exclusive" mode?  [Tools > Options > Audio > Audio Output > Output Mode Settings] and uncheck "Open device with exclusive access"
Just a guess.  We'll try to reproduce the problem. 

I tried it, but it made no difference.

[Magic_Randy]

That's interesting... Perhaps try changing it to "non-exclusive" mode?  [Tools > Options > Audio > Audio Output > Output Mode Settings] and uncheck "Open device with exclusive access"
Just a guess.  We'll try to reproduce the problem. 

OK, I've been able to reproduce it. I can also reproduce it in older versions, so it is not specific to 18.0.215.

Scenario is as follows:

1) Inbuilt speaker volume is off (e.g. muted)
2) Use keyboard, or slider to increase volume --> still muted
3) Use mute option in MC to un-mute --> still muted
4) Use iTunes to un-mute using any method (slider, un-mute, keyboard) --> sound works in iTunes and now MC is OK.

So, it looks like the problem is with the mute control in MC. If it is muted, MC will not un-mute it.

[johnjen]

snip
EDIT:  But wait there's more…
7 tracks into the very same album and MC is now doing the 5 sec. happy dance.
Which means in order to 'clear' this error I'll have to re-start the Mac and the router, and since its late, I guess it's time to stop listening for the night.

JJ

So it happens again on the 1st album I play today.
But this time all I do is shut down MC
AND
re-start my router.  (I did NOT shutdown nor re-start the Mac)

Then I bring up MC and music plays just fine when I start playing the same album again.

JJ

[JohnT]

OK, I've been able to reproduce it. I can also reproduce it in older versions, so it is not specific to 18.0.215.

Scenario is as follows:

1) Inbuilt speaker volume is off (e.g. muted)
2) Use keyboard, or slider to increase volume --> still muted
3) Use mute option in MC to un-mute --> still muted
4) Use iTunes to un-mute using any method (slider, un-mute, keyboard) --> sound works in iTunes and now MC is OK.

So, it looks like the problem is with the mute control in MC. If it is muted, MC will not un-mute it.

Thanks Randy, I can reproduce the problem here.

[gellie]

still crashes every day
Process:         Media Center 18 [34036]
Path:            /Volumes/VOLUME/Media Center 18.app/Contents/MacOS/Media Center 18
Identifier:      com.jriver.MediaCenter18
Version:         18.0.215 (?)
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [209]
Responsible:     Media Center 18 [34036]
User ID:         502

Date/Time:       2013-09-05 07:33:24.304 -0400
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.9 (13A569)
Report Version:  11
Anonymous UUID:  6197E544-7E87-EC05-5A33-23564B94744A


Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000058

VM Regions Near 0x58: